Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-23
STATE NEWS.

THE case OF the Wisconsin Central
Railroad Company against John Com
:. stock and the Wisconsin r Yer Land
Company has been decided In favor OF
the plaintiff. The case involved the
title to 10000 acres of land in Price
County, valued at 100000.
DR.. l.. @. MCKINNY, Of La Gro sse,
died of apoplexy on the 10Th, aged
66 years.
THE Oldest daughter of Otto Bod
mer. B ,ngor, was killed by the cars on
the lS5n. TIE accident was not dis
covered until next morning, when the
mangled remains were found near the
track. The young lady had been out
calling during the evening, and not re-
turning when expected, inquiry was
made among the neighbours without
avail until the terrible discovery at
daylight.
The Menominee Herald says il all
Nthe logs cut this winter succeed in
floating down the raging Menominee,
they will fill the river for many mile
north OF the sorting gap. Over 4OO,-
100000 feet will be banked before the
snow departs.
J. B. CANTERBURY, of La Crosse, re
Gently received Silt as additional
payment for service rendered eighteen
years ago as postmaster at North La
Crosse.
WHILE at work on new building at
Milwaukee on the 18Th Robert Luck,
q plasterer, was overcome by the
fumes of charcoal used to keep up the
temperature, and died the same night.
Luck was a single man.
CONSIDERABLY interest was aroused
in Milwaukee on the 18th by the re-
port that an agent of the German gov
eminent was making advances for the
purchase of zoo, 900 bushels of oats in
that city.
THE residence of A. Norman, at Me-
nomonie, was destroyed by fire. Less
$4,000.
CONGRESSMAN GUENTHER has laid be-
fore the house two memorials from the
Wisconsin Legislature asking for the
passage of the bill for experimental ag-
ricultural stations and the payments
OF the judgments rendered In favor of
the Fox and Wisconsin River sufferers.
RESIDENTS of La Crosse to the num-
Der of 2, 600 have signed the mem orial
which will be presented to the Legisla-
ture for the passage of a bill providing
for the payment Of employees weekly,
ONE of Hoxie & Mellor's two horse
teams at Deerbrook hauled q load of
logs scaling 1922 feet two and half
miles to the landing. The same day
this team hauled four loads aggregat-
ing 10000 feet.
EARLY on the morning OF the 18th,
Louis de Silve was shot by Gus Nc
Cabe in q gambling house on East
Water Street, Milwaukee. Both are
professional gamblers. It is thought
the wounded man will recover.
THE earnings of the Chicago, Mil
waukee &St. Paul for the second week
In February were $343, 600, decrease
of $29, 600 as compared with the cor
responding week In 1886.
The Milwaukee Cement Company
has just taken q contract TO furnish
$4,000 barrels Of cement for an as
phalt concrete pavement at ST. Paul,
Mimi; also to furnish g. large quanti-
ty of cement for asphalt concrete pave
ment at Omaha, Neb., and is expecting
to furnish large quantities for Kansas
City, ST. Joseph, Topeka and other
leading cities in the West.
A FARMER named Otto Brummond,
residing near La Crosse, while chasing
up his team of horses which had run
away ON North Main Street, in that
city, fell and broke his collar-bone,
besides severely cutting his head and
face.
MRS. JOHN O'DoNNELL, living at
Shell Lake, disappeared short time
ago in company with q young man
who gave the name of John Brown.
The couple were arrested and taken
back, but as the woman in the case
had INDUCED in similar little trips be-
fore the case was rot pushed against
Brown.
TIE state encampmentof the Grand
Army finished it's annual session at
Milwaukee on the 10th. Gen. Michael
Griffin, of Eau Claire, was elected, COM
manuer, and B. T. Bryant, of La
Crosse, senior vice-commander.
IRE Catholic Church at Fairchild,
In the eastern part OF Eau Claire
County, with nearly all OF the fixtures,
was destroyed by fire, which is sup
posed to have been the work of an in
cendiary. Total loss, $1,000; insur-
anoe, 81 800.